University corner: venture has increasingly become the tip of the innovation spear
Month: July 2017
TAL Group maximises Metail investment
Online clothing modelling platform Metail has received $12.9m from TAL Group, which had teamed with Perform Group to invest $12m in the company three years ago.
The towering role of governments in innovation
Government house: governments try to push the levers for more innovation
Belgium takes a multi-faceted approach to innovation
Innovative region: Belgium
Deal count stays stable in Q2
In the second quarter of 2017, GCV Analytics tracked 560 funding rounds involving corporate venturers, a 27% increase over the 442 rounds recorded in the same quarter last year. However, the estimated total investment slipped to $26.45bn, down 15% from last year’s $31.13bn. The US hosted well over half of those funding rounds (299), while… Continue reading Deal count stays stable in Q2
Corporates immersed in virtual and augmented reality
Kaloyan Andonov, GCV Analytics, evaluates the rise in corporate-backed rounds raised by emerging VR & AR enterprises
Advanced Microgrid Solutions stores away $34m
AGL Energy, Southern Company and GE Ventures were among the participants in a series B round that took energy optimisation company AMS’s total equity funding to $52m.
CompareAsiaGroup finds the right investors to raise $50m
Alibaba and SBI Group have come on board as investors, in a series B round that boosted the Southeast Asian financial comparison platform’s total funding to about $95m.
Slowdown in IT
Sector focus: IT
Leading the away team from the mother ship
Andrew Gaule talks to Vitaly Golomb (pictured), partner and global startup evangelist, HP Tech Ventures
Slight peak in June deals
The number of corporate-backed deals in June stood at 211, up from 173 funding rounds in the same month last year. Investment value, however, dropped by 53% compared with last year – to $6.34bn from $13.64bn. The deal count in June was up slightly in comparison with the previous month this year (201 rounds). June’s… Continue reading Slight peak in June deals
Qiagen Suzhou translates $25m series A
The precision medicine company, set up by molecular biology company Qiagen and science park BioBay, will use the money to transition towards a full-fledged products company.
What do people want when the summer is over?
Editorial from James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Darktrace draws up $75m series D
The immune system-based cybersecurity software provider, which counts the SoftBank and Indosat-backed SB Isat fund, has now raised about $180m in total.